Tracking the path of the sun, by Lehua Kamalu
Meditative Story
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🗓️ 13 May 2020
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Lehua Kamalu captains a vast, double-hulled ocean canoe crafted to the exact specifications of the seafaring vessels used by her ancestors. She and her crew are making a 2,500 mile journey between Tahiti and Hawaii, the same one original settlers of the South Pacific traversed, the same journeys historians once struggled to believe possible without today’s technology. The stakes are high and they sail the way their ancestors sailed, taking their cues from the water and wind. Lehua stays alert and patient hours on end. It’s only by being grounded in the signs that Lehua can anticipate the possibilities. And it’s only by staying present that Lehua can take in the magic of the open water — and draw from that magic to sustain herself when each journey ends, as they inevitably do.
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| 0:00.0 | Our double-hold canoe is built to the same specifications as the ones our ancestors sailed. |
| 0:24.6 | To the modern eye, it resembles a catamaran. |
| 0:32.6 | A big floating room, 72 feet long and 24 feet wide, with no walls and no roof. |
| 0:41.3 | Nothing to protect you from the wind and the water and the waves and the sun. |
| 0:53.3 | I stay on the very edges of the canoe, nothing but a single railing to protect me from falling over the side, because I want to be able to feel the wind. |
| 1:02.0 | I want to be able to feel what's going on beneath it. |
| 1:09.0 | Lehuah Kamaulu, captains of vast, double-hulled ocean canoe that is crafted to the precise specifications |
| 1:20.2 | of the seafaring vessels used by her ancestors. She navigates a small crew across the same |
| 1:26.3 | two-and-a-half-th,000-mile journey between Tahiti and Hawaii |
| 1:30.3 | that the original settlers of the South Pacific Traverse. |
| 1:34.2 | It's a crossing that some historians once struggled to believe possible without today's technology. |
| 1:40.1 | In today's meditative story, try to completely let go. |
| 1:45.0 | And using the theatre of your mind, take the journey with Lehua. |
| 1:50.4 | In this series, we blend immersive first-person stories with mindfulness prompts |
| 1:55.0 | to give you a deep sense of well-being at any time of the day. |
| 1:59.7 | From Wait Wat and Thrive Global, |
| 2:02.6 | this is meditative story. |
| 2:06.5 | I'm Rohan and I'll be your guide. The body relaxed. |
| 2:28.4 | The body breathing. |
| 2:31.8 | Your sense is open, your mind open. |
| 2:38.0 | Meeting the world. |
| 2:48.0 | There is an old saying that seasoned voyagers share as they prepare to head out to sea. |
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